Us zooming into your inbox on this glorious Tuesday afternoon:

Happy last week of February! I hope you had a great weekend, and, if you're in the Northeast like me, that you're enjoying some of these warmer sunny days. Spring feels like it's justttt waiting to be sprung, and I can't wait🤩☀️. 

Let me know which sections of today's newsletter are your favorites. I love hearing from you! 

- Kailyn 🥰

🚀⏰ Ready, Set, Go: Today's newsletter should take about 2.36 minutes to read.

I deserve good things.

I am powerful and strong.

I accept myself.

It'll all be okay.

I will achieve my goals and dreams and love myself along the way.

In America alone, more than $3.7 billion is put towards dementia research each year. The research is still ongoing, but indicates that keeping active, learning new things, and having genuine fun reduces symptoms and slows memory loss in patients. 

And who better to introduce learning and fun to the elderly than the absolute fun professionals: toddlers. 

The old and the restless... The Belong Center in Chester, UK, is a senior care village that specializes in dementia patient care. The living facility sits on a $24.5 million, state-of-the-art area that includes six family-sized 24-hour care households, 23 independent living apartments, a bistro, a gym, and – get this – a preschool.

• The idea behind opening the preschool on the care facility campus was to aid both the children and elders. The kids are involved in multiple aspects of residents' lives, including mealtimes, arts-n-crafts activities, and movement and exercise classes.

While the program has been running since last year, it recently celebrated its official grand opening. 

💥 The impact: "The Nursery is already transforming lives for the better, with intergenerational living contributing to reduced anxiety, and relatives reporting that being around children means people with dementia are less agitated," Belong's website reads. 

Belong also reports that engaging with the nursery children offers a renewed sense of purpose to many of the elders. 

• "By supporting the children’s learning through storytelling, reading, sharing memories and teaching simple skills, there is improved cognitive functioning and mental well-being," they share. "Residents are turning into educators and there has been notable reductions in isolation and loneliness." 

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In May of 2022, a newborn was left on the steps of a Louisville fire station with a note that simply said: "I love you." 

Experienced foster parents Chris and Brittany Tyler applied to foster the baby as soon as his story made the local news. Four days later, he was signed over to their care.

• The baby spent multiple weeks in the NICU before heading home with Chris, Brittany, and their two adopted sons. As soon as he was home, they knew he was meant to be a permanent part of the family. 
• In December 2023, Samuel Tyler was officially adopted. 

🫂 Love to his mother... Chris and Brittany hope news makes it to Samuel's birth mom that he has found a permanent home. “While we may never know her, we understand where her heart was,” Chris told the Washington Post. “She loved him, and for that reason, we have love for her as well.”

• “We hope that she knows he is safe, he is happy and he is loved,” Brittany added.

🧠 Talk about full circle... Kevin Eaise was only 10 years old when he underwent surgery for a brain tumor that was causing double vision. Fourteen years later, he's now working as a clinical research assistant alongside the very doctor who performed the surgery.  

🏔️ Explore the outdoors... From the beaches of Honolulu to the marshes of the Carolinas and everything in between – the top 10 most-visited US National Parks were just ranked for 2023, with the #1 park attracting an incredible 16.75 million visitors. Which park do you think came #1?

🪺 Bird besties... As much as we love our fur babies, having animal fur all over the clothes and furniture can be a bit of a nuisance. One cat dad got creative with his cat's excessive shedding, however, putting the fur out on the porch for birds to use for their nests. 

How have January and February already come and gone?! 

With the start of March sneaking up on us, let's take a moment to reflect and reset for the month ahead.

📝 What are you waiting for?... Grab your journal and get going on the monthly reset prompts below: 

1. What was the highlight of last month? 
2. What was something you struggled with last month?
3. What's one memory from February you don't want to forget? 
4. What do you want to focus more on this upcoming month? 
5. What's something you want to accomplish this month? 
6. What do you want less of in March? 
7. What do you want more of in March? 

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Welcome to my favorite part of the newsletter, What's Your Win, where we celebrate all of the good news happening right here within the DONUT community. There's good all around us, sometimes you just need to shift your perspective to see it.

Check out the submissions we received this week! 

🎉 Melissa K. from Almont, Michigan, is making big moves at work...

• "Only 3 months into my new role as a Product Developer, I was tasked with being a lead in a HUGE project for our company that had to be completed in an extremely short amount of time. As of Monday, the final portion of my project went live and we have had great feedback from our organization on the changes we implemented. This project called for long hours, weekend work, lots of stakeholders, and nonstop craziness, but talk about my first project being a huge success! :)"

💪 Rusty T. from Waterford, Pennsylvania, is getting active...

• "I am 71 with COPD. Being active can be hard, especially in the winter. Today I made a commitment to do nine chair exercises every day. Day 1 is under my belt!! Wish me luck."

🥳 Mariana M. from Phoenix, Arizona, is celebrating her mom...

• "I am thrilled because I helped my mom apply and prepare for a job interview that would double her salary and HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE she GOT THE JOB. This job will help my mom switch from tons of stress, manual labor, hot/freezing cooking temperatures, to an office to herself with no manual labor and no stress about being short-staffed. As a young professional (me) I can't give back to my parents in the grand way I would like to yet, but having done this by my mom's side really fills my heart and I wish her all the best. I am so proud of her."

🐴 Gretchen T. from Guilford, Connecticut, is seeing her lifelong dream come true...

• "My entire life I have always wanted a horse. I grew up riding and it's always been my favorite hobby and pastime. Last year, my husband and I bought a farmhouse property and have been renting out the barn to other horse owners to board their horses – but I've been keeping one stall empty in hopes of getting my own baby. Well, my dream finally came true this month when I adopted this gorgeous boy!! Everybody meet Tucker. I can't believe he's all mine and at 54 my childhood dream is finally coming true."👇

In this crazy day-and-age, nothing positive is too small to celebrate. And who knows? A little bit of positivity and support may be just what's needed to help someone else power through some tough times.

Feel free to share even the simplest achievements with us, we promise to be your biggest hype-people🤝😎.

Share your everyday wins and accomplishments with us here. 

In honor of February 29th on Thursday, I bring you Leap Year Trivia🤨. (Yes, there are enough fun facts to write a whole trivia section.)

1. Who introduced the first calendar Leap Year in 46 BC? 
2. What do you call babies born on February 29? 
3. Where is the “Leap Capital of the World?" 

(keep scrolling for the answers)

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Hit that reply button and let me know, I read every response. Have a great week!🥰

–Kailyn

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